Qualitative Critical Appraisal, Attitudes Knowledge and Skills Needed in Mental Health Nursing

In reviewing this article, this writer was able critique the study and the suitability that it can possess if applied to actual practice. An important factor on whether a study can be considered valuable is if it is transferable in other situation, that is, a study's results should also be reflective if duplicated on other samples (Polit & Beck, 2006). Thus, the statistical power, internal and external validity are important to observe and note (Polit & Beck). If this writer were to carry out this study, it would have to be reflective of how the researcher performed it originality.

·  Based on your review of the statistics in the study, do you agree with the study’s conclusions? Why or why not?

As nurses, it extremely important for us to have an understanding of mental health so we can decrease the stigma in the healthcare profession. There shouldn’t be a difference between a “psychiatric nurse” and a “general nurse”. Since over 50% of the population suffers from a mental illness, both professions should be equally educated and sensitive towards health care issues.

One example of bias is all the theorists and skeptics about why Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared in 1937.

Throughout my research, a challenge I encountered was the fact that some of the articles I encountered seemed to included biases within them especially with the primary view of

The article’s researchers believed that it is necessary to research the efficacy of these claimed evidence based interventions.

This means that the nurse has a role in empowering the patient to realise their unique strengths, regain their independence and rejoin the community as a valuable contributing member (Raeburn, Hungerford, Escott, & Cleary, 2015). A mental health nurse must address the social determinants of health in their practice by promoting and educating their patient about the importance of a safe and healthy living environment. They incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to care by linking the patient to community services such as housing, addictions counselling, and legal services (Raeburn, Hungerford, Escott, & Cleary,

While the methodology of the research seemed solid, there were factors which were out of the control of the researchers which made the process more difficult to verify. Because the researchers chose a public web forum, they were unable to verify the legitimacy

In order to know whether the evidence of research studies are accurate, one must be able to have a fundamental understanding in statistical analyses to determine if such descriptions and findings within manuscripts and articles are presented correctly and explicitly (Sullivan, 2012). Proper use of statistics begins with the understanding of both descriptive and inferential statistics. Correct organization and description of data characteristics from the population sample being studied leads the researcher to identify a hypothesis and formulate inferences about such characteristics. It is with inferential statistics that researchers conduct appropriate tests of significance and determine whether to accept or reject the identified null

The sources of bias in research are "conditions or circumstances which affect the external validity of statistical results" (Helberg, 1996). However, the course readings speak of several pronounced biases, assumptions and interpretations in the areas of sexuality, race/culture and personal experience. Emily Martin explores some ways in which cultural stereotypes of male and female behavior permeate scientific descriptions of the ovum, sperm and reproduction, imposing "sleeping metaphors" that skew researchers' perspectives (Martin, 1991). Giving "personhood" to the reproductive cells of ova and sperm, biologists have imbued those cells with their own sexist notions of male and female behavior:

As you stated the authors mention that caution should be utilized when the results are interpreted. The research methods of questionnaires and self-reporting,

The review of this is objective there are no personal biases given in this study as they asked the participants the questions and documented their answers on the survey tool that was standardized for each person’s responses. The review was very detailed and followed the proper qualitative process. There are points in the article where the writers do paraphrase the statements that were found in previous

During my work placement I noticed that nurses work in a variety of services and are in an ideal position to promote patients’ mental health and wellbeing by helping and empowering them to realise their abilities rather than focusing on their disability or illness (Ruddick,2013).

This study was limited due to the small sample size. Although the conclusions are valid, more research with a

The book starts with the origin of the statistics problems, the sample. Any statistics based on some samples always going to have some sorts of bias, even if the person